TV presenter and former cricketer Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff displayed injuries to his face as he appeared in public for the first time since his Top Gear crash nine months ago.
Flintoff, 45, has kept a low profile since he was taken to hospital after being severely hurt while filming for the motoring show at its test track at Dunsfold Aerodrome last December.
On Friday, he was pictured as part of the English cricket team's coaching staff at the opening one-day international against New Zealand in Cardiff, sporting large cuts or scars on his face and surgical tape on his nose.
It is believed to be the first time Flintoff has been photographed in public since the accident.
The father of four was seriously emotionally and physically affected by the incident, a source told The Times when it first reported the accident.
His son Corey said at the time of the accident that his father was "lucky to be alive" and described it as a "pretty nasty crash".
Filming of series 34 of Top Gear was halted and it has been reported the presenter intends to quit the hit programme.
The BBC said in March that it would be inappropriate to resume making the series at that time following an internal investigation into what happened.
Former sports star Flintoff began presenting Top Gear in 2019, and also appeared on Sky's A League Of Their Own and won the first series of the Australian version of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!.
He is known for being the former captain of the English cricket team.
His other shows with the BBC include Andrew Flintoff’s Field Of Dreams, where he embarked on a mission to find cricketing talent in his home town of Preston.
Source: Press Association
